中文摘要：

社会网络是社会资本研究中的一个重要方面。本文作者把社会网络看作是在市场和计划之外的另一种资源配置的渠道。在中国社会由计划配置资源向市场配置资源转轨的现阶段，社会网络在资源配置中是否起作用，起多大的作用，是本文要回答的问题。作者在提出基本理论框架之后，通过在广东新会对企业管理者和企业职工的访谈及问卷调查，实际验证了社会网络在资金和劳动配置中所起的作用，发现即使是在市场化程度已经很高的广东省，社会网络在资源配置中也仍然起着不可忽视的作用。尤其是对一般劳动资源的配置，社会网络更重要。由此得出的结论是社会网络是市场不完善情况下的有效补充方式。

英文摘要：

In the field of study on social capital, many scholars put social network at the core of the term＇s definition. Some scholars study the information distribution function of social network and fred it plays an important role in the community common actions. Chinese scholars think it is a basic support for social stability in the economic system transition from planning to market. From the new point of view, the authors of this paper take social network as a channel to distribute social resources in economic activities besides two formal channels of planning and market. The function and efficiency of different channels are the main factors which decide the role they play in the social resource distribution, whenever and wherever both market and planning fail, social network gets the space to work. Since China is in the process of changing economic system from planning to market, there are many places where government has drawn back but market doesn＇t work well. This gives social network a complementary role to take. The paper answers the question that what role the social network plays in resource distribution in China＇s economic transition. Based on the proposed theory, the authors made a case study in Xinhui, Guangdong Province to check out what the role of social network was by comparing it with market in distributing capital and labor. Through questionnaire and interview, the authors surveyed 150 enterprises and 250 workers. For the sources where the enterprises get investment, market is the main channel. But social network is also used to raise fund, especially in emergent use. Many enterprise managers think social network is an easy, low cost and quick way to get money. Local small enterprises use social network more often than large joint-ventures. In the labor distribution, social network plays a more important role. About one fifth to one forth of employees found their job through social network and blue collar workers depend more on social network to fred job. The survey also showed that local peopl